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From: AZ

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Date: 7/23/2014 1:52:12 PM
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I'm curious about total ticket sales for these monster Utopian arenas. How quickly will they make their money back from this investment?

At a certain point, it becomes more prudent to win games, which would sell more tickets at higher prices. Or even to promote where the return of your investment would be even greater, than it would be to keep expanding.

Also curious if any of the Top 20 are in D.III?

From: TKOK

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Date: 7/23/2014 2:17:34 PM
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No there are just 2 Arenas over 1,4 Million (but i can't remember those numbers exactly).
In their last homegames the Top 20 averaged $ 79424,55. So their income is pretty bad. (At least compared to mine)

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Date: 7/23/2014 2:49:41 PM
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I'm almost even. I invested 1.2 mio in the arena and have already earned 1 mio. with the ticket sales. Currently I'm not sure what to build next. My biggest concern is that I'm under the salary floor and the 16 weeks are almost over. So before building some new seats I have to buy 1-2 new players.


I'm in mostly the same situation, except I held off on investing an extra week or so recently because I had already overbuilt my current pricing, so my total investment is now 1.176M. Luckily I'm still over the salary floor, and thanks to an unexpected rivalry/TV win on the road the other day, I may pull in even more than expected. The goal is just to keep making the playoffs, keep building non-bleachers, and then see how things go.

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Date: 7/23/2014 4:25:48 PM
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Your goal doesn't including training long term players? A little confused why you wouldn't.

From: GM-hrudey

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Your goal doesn't including training long term players? A little confused why you wouldn't.


Well, that's not part of the goal with regard to the arena (though I half think I may aim to have more lower tiers than bleachers at some point just because that would give immense giggles).

As far as training goals, I suppose it comes down to how we're going to define long-term players.

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Date: 7/23/2014 5:54:31 PM
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Players that could be on your roster for 10+ seasons and help carry you through to D1?

though I half think I may aim to have more lower tiers than bleachers at some point just because that would give immense giggles


That would be amazing. A pity that season ticket holders for D1 tops out at just over 4,000. This guy in USA D1 has the most I've ever seen. (http://www.buzzerbeater.com/team/23816/arena.aspx)

From: GM-hrudey

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Date: 7/24/2014 7:17:54 AM
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Players that could be on your roster for 10+ seasons and help carry you through to D1?

though I half think I may aim to have more lower tiers than bleachers at some point just because that would give immense giggles


That would be amazing. A pity that season ticket holders for D1 tops out at just over 4,000. This guy in USA D1 has the most I've ever seen. (http://www.buzzerbeater.com/team/23816/arena.aspx)



If that's how we define longterm players, I do kind of have those. I hate them all, of course, but I imagine at least three of them will be playing regularly for me in 10 seasons time. It's just different for me this time since I'm doing so much 1v1 to start with rather than buttloads of pressure, but I figured I'd try to do *something* different.

I think a 4600 - 5000 - 500 - XX arena would probably be horribly inefficient but it might be fun enough to do that I'll go for it. It's certainly exceptionally cheap to pile on bleachers after I reach that point if I decide to. If nothing else, it'll be an interesting data point.

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Date: 7/24/2014 10:55:30 AM
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I think a 4600 - 5000 - 500 - XX arena would probably be horribly inefficient but it might be fun enough to do that I'll go for it. It's certainly exceptionally cheap to pile on bleachers after I reach that point if I decide to. If nothing else, it'll be an interesting data point.


Absolutely. I'm guessing D2 would be the breaking point for the bleachers? You'd probably sell out every time at $20.

It's just different for me this time since I'm doing so much 1v1 to start with rather than buttloads of pressure, but I figured I'd try to do *something* different. []


Whatever works. I'm torn between trying random weird training now, in D4, where it'd be easier to win while doing it...or just trying to make my team better as quickly as possible.

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